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Friday, 30 January 2015

Prologue Reveal: Undeniable Love by Kelly Elliott

Tristan Williams thought the path of his life was on the
right journey. He had a successful career, good looks, and a carefree lifestyle. One conversation changed Tristan’s way of thinking forever as his father presented him with a bottle, representing his journey and forcing unwanted thoughts of a lasting relationship to the surface. Running from the fear of commitment, he pushed away the only woman he ever had feelings for and turned to the one girl he knew he didn’t love.

Ryn Webster was finally putting her past behind her. Moving to Texas and concentrating on the success of her own company, she had her life almost where she wanted it. One thing was missing though…love. She thought she
had found love with Tristan until he casted her aside.

After being hurt by Tristan, Ryn does whatever she can to
push him from her heart, even if it means being with a man she doesn’t love.

Regardless of the path one thinks they are on, the journey
of life can cause unexpected turns, altering the planned course. Will Tristan and Ryn’s bottle be tossed about, lost in the rocky waves of life? Or will calm seas prevail to help Tristan and Ryn finally find their journey of love…together?

I had been sitting on the beach for the last hour just staring out at
the black ocean. I tipped the beer bottle back and drank the last of
my beer.

“Well hell. Looks like I have to go back,” I said as I got up and
brushed the sand off my pants. I turned and looked back at the house.
My brother Lark and his new wife, Azurdee had left two hours ago for
their honeymoon and I couldn’t take watching Ryn another second.

I sucked in a deep breath of salty air and slowly let it out. My
phone went off and I pulled it out of my pocket. I let out a deep
breath when I saw it was Liberty.

Liberty: Just letting you know I’m
thinking about you. If you want me to join you I’ll come down. Just
text me back and I’ll be there.

Me: I think I just need some time to
think, Liberty. We need this time apart.

Liberty: I didn’t mean to push you.
I’m always pushing you, I know. I just really wanted to see your
parents and would have loved to have seen the wedding but I
understand you have your reasons for going alone. Things haven’t
been so great with us lately. I’ll work on that. Promise.

Me: We’ll talk when I get back to
Austin.

Liberty: Okay. I love you, Tristan.

I let out a sigh and shook my head. I’ve never told Liberty I loved
her. I wasn’t sure anymore how I felt about her. We had been on
again and off again so many times I was beginning to lose count.
Currently, we were off. All she had been doing is pushing an
engagement ever since she found out Lark and Azurdee were getting
married. When I thought of my future I didn’t see Liberty. I only
saw ... Ryn. And that scared the piss out of me.

I turned my phone to silent and shoved it in my pocket. I started
heading back to the house and began putting on my game face. The one
I’d been wearing for the last ten months. The one where everyone
thought I was happy, but deep down inside I was the unhappiest I’d
ever been in my life.

I walked up the stairs to the deck and the first person I saw was
Ryn. She was leaning against the railing with her head back and her
eyes closed. There was no one else out here.

She looked tired. I smiled when I thought about what I had overheard
earlier when Mom and Azurdee’s best friend, Jessie, were talking.
Ryn had taken a two-week vacation and was renting a house on the
beach just two houses down from here. I already began planning ways
to ‘run in to her’ while we were both here.

She hadn’t talked to me in over ten months. No matter how many
times I called and left her messages begging her to call me, she
never would.

Her cell phone rang and she quickly answered it. I walked around to
the other side of the deck and sat down to where she couldn’t see
me.

“Hey, Dodge. Are you on your way? Yes. I thought I could, but I
can’t. I need you.”

Dodge? Who the fuck is Dodge?

She laughed at something he said and then she let out a sigh. “Well,
considering I still need my RFB, I’d say yes ... it’s been a
sucky last three days.”

I peeked around the corner and saw her smiling. She reached her hand
up and began playing with her nipple.

What the fuck?

“That sounds like heaven. Yes. I’m going to need it a lot. I
don’t know, you’d think after all this time you’d have been
able to fuck him out of my head and heart. Maybe you’re not as good
as you think you are?”

My mouth dropped open and I quickly turned back and stared out in the
night sky.

She laughed again and said, “I’m still at the wedding. Yes. It
was hard to see him. I don’t know. Maybe, I’ve thought about
that. Yes. I realize I only use you for sex to forget about Tristan,
but maybe I’m falling for you and just want your company. You ever
think of that?”

My heart started beating faster and I wanted to pound this asshole’s
head in.

She let out a sigh and said, “Okay. I’ll see you then. Oh trust
me. I’ll be waiting and I will most certainly be ready for you. Yes
naked. Hey, Dodge? Hurry please. I need to be fucked in a bad way.
Bye.”

She let out a sigh and then I swore I heard her crying. I slowly
stood. She was looking out toward the ocean. Her shoulders were
moving up and down and when I saw her wipe away her tears, my knees
about buckled out from underneath me.

I started making my way toward her. I didn’t want to walk up on her
crying, so I cleared my throat and asked, “May I join you?”

She quickly wiped her tears away and looked the other way. “It’s
your house,” she whispered. “How have you been, Ryn?” She
turned and looked at me. If looks could kill, I’d be on the floor
right now. “You’ve ignored me for three days and now you
ask how I’ve been?”

I shrugged my shoulders and said, “I wasn’t sure you wanted to
talk to me.” She let out a small laugh.

“Usually people attempt to talk to a person before they make that
assumption.”

“Well, considering I’ve been calling you for months, and you
ignore my calls—” She took a step back and shook her head.

A look of hurt moved across Ryn’s face as she slowly said, “You’re
seeing ... another ... girl.”

“It’s not like that. We are kind of off and on. I mean ... I’m
not seeing her right now.” She rolled her eyes before looking into
mine.

“Do you have any idea how much you hurt me?”

My heart felt like it was physically hurting as I swallowed and said,
“I just thought ... I wasn’t planning on—” I looked away and
then back into her eyes. “I thought you just wanted to have fun,
Ryn. Then you started acting different and I started having these
feelings and ... I was confused.”

Anger replaced the hurt in her eyes. “The only thing that confused
you is why you brought the wrong girl to meet mom and dad.”

She turned and began walking into the house. I wanted to call out for
her but I couldn’t. My heart felt like it was squeezing in my chest
as I stood there and listened to her retreating footsteps.

I turned and stared out at the dark ocean again. That’s what my
heart felt like.A
dark deep sea of ... darkness.

Kelly Elliott is married to a wonderful Texas cowboy who has
a knack for making her laugh almost daily and supports her crazy ideas and dreams for some unknown reason...he claims it's because he loves her!

She’s also a mom to an amazing daughter who is constantly
asking for something to eat while her fingers move like mad on her cell phone sending out what is sure to be another very important text message.

In her spare time she loves to sit in her small corner overlooking the Texas hill country and write.

One of her favorite things to do is go for hikes around her property with Gus....her chocolate lab and the other man in her life, and Rose, her golden retriever. When Kelly is not outside helping the hubby haul brush, move rocks or whatever fun chore he has in store for her that day, you’ll find
her inside reading, writing or watching HGTV.

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